Ottawa Protest Over Chinese Immigration Law
The Journal reports China recalls its consul general in Ottawa in protest of Canada’s new Chinese entry restrictions. Dr Wellington Koo’s cable says China qualifies the act as unfair, hindering trade, with further protest from Shanghai merchants and a note on Canada China relations and potential impact on commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
China
Ty Chinen
Wellington Koo
Tso
Liu
Chamber of Commerce
Shanghai
All China
Wellington Keo
Tsui
Canada
Nansen Plans Canadian Tour Amid League of Nations Work
Dr Fridtjof Nansen the Arctic explorer and League of Nations refugee relief official will visit America in November and speak in Canada for the League of Nations. A cable to H G Richardson says Nansen will address meetings across the country and will be accompanied by his daughter during the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Fridtjef Nansen
League of Nations For Refugees
America
Canada
Legue of Nations
H. G. Richardson
League of Nations Society
Nansen
Italian Mission Massacred in Albania Frontier
A semiofficial note reports the Italian mission in Albania has been massacred by the Creeks. The Italian Government has taken severe measures due to the extraordinary gravity of the situation. Rousing excitement follows the incident in Riga. A Moscow message says the Soviet Government will grant land to Doukhobors returning to the Ukraine from Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Riga
Moscow
Ukraine
Canada
Million Dollar Policy Placed on Dr Banting Life
A million dollar life policy insures Dr Fred Banting discoverer of insulin for diabetes. Early figures claimed 5 07 000 but investigations indicate one million dollars with annual premiums of 34000 paid by a company whose risk is reportedly guaranteed by the Rockefeller Foundation. The policy aims to continue Banting era research after his death. Insurance officials would not comment on a New York report denying Rockefeller guarantees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torenty
FG. Banting
Bie Life
Rockefeller Foundation
Dr. Banting
Banting Research Foundation
Demand For More Wheat Contracts In Saskatchewan
Regina reports Saskatchewan Cooperative Wheat Producers Limited acts to record and file contracts and canvassers. A daily acreage signup record will show the ep rolded in the poor. A J McPhail, general manager, says many inquiries about contracts sent from Regina and orders for 25 000 more contracts have been placed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Regina
George W. Robertson
Saskatchewan Cooperative Wheat Producers
A. J. McPhail
Express
Russians Hold Memorial Service for Imperial Family Death
The Russian embassy church in this city hosted an impressive memorial service commemorating the Bolshevik killings of Czar Nicholas II and the imperial family. Priests named each member of the family including Nicholas, Alexandra, Alexei and the Princesses Olga Tatiana Maria and Anastasia as Russian worshippers filled the church while police kept Bolsheviks away to protect the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sofia
Nicholas Jr
Nicholas II
Nikolia
Alexandra Feodorovna
Alexei
Olga
Tatiana
Maria
Anastasia
New French Armed Plane Unveiled At Marseilles
French aviation officials completed strain resistance tests on an all metal biplane that mounts six machine guns and two rapid fire rifles. The craft is powered by four 250 horsepower motors and can fly seven hours at a speed of 115 miles an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Unemployment In Britain Rises as Week Adds Jobs Gap
In Great Britain the number of unemployed persons increased by 11 000 in the past week. An Oxford firm collected a debt payment owed since 1877 from a former undergraduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Oxford
Rumors of Canadian Bank Mergers Addressed by Officials
The Canadian Bank of Commerce faces questions after Sir John Aird predicted possible mergers. Bankers say conditions are not dire and shareholder and depositor protection remains strong. Finance Minister Fielding notes consent to the Bank of Hamilton's sale to the Bank of Commerce, pending Governor in Council approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
John Aird
Canadian Bank of Commerce
W.S. Fielding
Bank of Hamilton
Mr. Fielding
Bank Mércers
Fielding
Dank
Russia Still Claims Wrangel Island Ownership
Izvestia notes Russia asserts historic rights to Wrangel Island and cites the 1916 declaration. It reports Britain and the United States have not secured local support and reference to the 1867 Washington treaty. The piece mentions Vilhjalmur Stefansson's expedition and London's lack of reply to Russia's protest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Wrangel
Mostow
United States
Great Britain
Wrangel Island
Izvestia
London
Tchitcherin
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
Siberian
Prince to Spend Quiet Holiday in Canada
An official note states the Prince of Wales will travel to Canada as a private guest. He departs on the Empress of France and will stay at his Alberta ranch, returning to London by October 20. He will not undertake any public engagements or official tour as Prince of Wales.
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Canada
London
Prince of Wales
Cafhads
Alberta
Dominion
Duke of Cornwall
Japan Faces Deep China Boycott Hit on Exports
Japan’s export trade to China plunged as a Chinese boycott of Japanese goods weighed on shipments and steamers. Merchants urge action while the foreign office limited itself to protection and appeals to Chinese authorities. From January to May exports dropped by over 20 million yen. the decline continues.
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Tokio
Japan
China
Foreign Office
Airplane Crash Near Maidstone Kills One
A French passenger airliner crashed near Maidstone after engine trouble, killing one passenger and severely injuring the pilot and nine others. Panic in the cabin allegedly caused passengers to rush to the rear, overweighting the tail and complicating a safe landing.
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London
Maidstone
Free State Government Leads Republicans By A Safe Margin
Reports from Dublin and Winnipeg indicate the Free State Government leads the Republicans by a comfortable margin as election returns come in. Bank precautions rise along the southern boundary as marauding expeditions prompt cash protections. police detachments strengthen border towns ahead of next rounds of ballots. President Cosgrave expresses satisfaction with unexpected support for the Free State delegation to Geneva.
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Free State
Winnipeg
Manitoba
A. J. Martin
Polles
Cosgrange
Con
Kingstown
Free Shire
Dawogue of Nations
Geneva
Hag
Casewayve Wees
Desmond Fitveeraid
Professor J. MacNeil
Canadian Exhibition Train Draws Grenoble Crowds
French visitors in Grenoble and nearby towns welcomed the Canadian traveling exhibition train in a show of strong Dominion interest. Police reported 6 60 people per hour passing the cordon during daily visits, with attendance mirroring Lyons and Aix les Bains crowds.
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Grenoble
France
Chanthery
Dominion
Savoie
Dauphine
Lyons
Aix Les Bains
Manitoba Premier Talks Wheat Pools Over Longest All-Canadian Line
Winnipeg premier John Bracken spoke with Alberta Minister W W Smith by telephone across 960 miles of wire. The call discussed crops and wheat pools and was described as the longest all-Canadian telephone route yet established.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Edmonton
John Bracken
Manitoba
W. W. Smith
Alberta
Bracken
Record Trip Made By German Pilot Pieper
Berlin to Berlin in a day Pieper flew from Bremen via Hamburg to Amsterdam and London then returned to Bremen before heading to Berlin. The mail and passenger service pilot completed the round trip in one day, landing Bremen at 6:20 p.m. and resuming to Berlin shortly after.
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Berlin
London
Pieper
Bremen
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Pilot and Gunner Drown In Seaplane Crash Near Atlantic City
Captain Frank Fitzsimmons a veteran of the French foreign legion escadrille and the only one legged pilot in active service in the United States along with Gunner Lind ale were drowned before hundreds when their seaplane nose-dived in Lake Bay near Atlantic City New Jersey.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Frank Fitzsimmons
French Foreign Legion Escadrille
United States
Gunner Lindale
Lake's Bay
Here
Greece Demobilizes Army in Peace Decree
An official decree ratifies the Lausanne treaty and annexed conventions. A second decree proclaims cessation of the state of war with Turkey and returns the army to a peace footing. Extraordinary wartime laws are rescinded while the state of siege and censorship remain.
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Athens
Lausanne
Turkey
Doctor From Glasgow Dies During Enid Lecture
Dr. W. W. Martin of Glasgow Scotland who claimed to be more than 90 during a lecture on The Fountain of Youth died of apoplexy in Enid Oklahoma. He spoke on how to keep young before collapsing and passing away.
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Enid
Okla
W. W. Martin
Glasgow
Scotland
British Co operative Society in Winnipeg Eyes Canadian Wheat
Winnipeg hosts representatives of the Co operative Wholesale Society Limited of England to study buying Canadian wheat directly from proposed cooperative pools. The society lists 4,000,000 members in Britain, an annual turnover of £106,006,000, and weekly wheat movement of 5,000 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Co-operative Wholesite Society, Limited
England
Britain
Bandits Attack Meghsien Town in Henan Province
Dispatches from Kaifen report bandit hordes captured Meghsien in western Henan. Looting targeted shops and affluent homes, while about 100 people including teachers pupils and a town magistrate were kidnapped.
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Shanghai
Kaifen
Henan
Meghsien
Barons farmer harvests 1400 bushels from 28 acres
A P Hughes of Barons threshes 1400 bushels of spring wheat from a 28 acre Sundial farm field. The crop is graded number one and sets a 60 bushel district record as several 30 bushel yields are noted so far this year.
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Lethbridge
P Hughes
Sundial
Reparations Stalemate Persists in Belgian Note
British Foreign Office officials see Belgium’s latest reparations note as not advancing a solution to the Ruhr impasse. They fault its financial terms, note Belgium’s firm stance on priority, and judge the Spa conference revisions unlikely to help. A Baldin-Poincare meeting offers the only slim hope before Baldwin’s France trip.
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London
Belgium
Ruhr
Great Britain
Poincare
France
To Tour Alaska Boys Send-Off From Vancouver Station
Forty four Detroit youths photographed at the Canadian Pacific station in Vancouver en route to Alaska under George Buchanan. Each boy earned at least one third of the trip cost, with the rest covered by a long term loan. The group sold pencils, ash buckets and coal to contribute, while Donald Blaine, the only Canuck, is shown in the front row.
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Detroit
Canadian Pacific
Vancouver
B.C
Alaska
George Buchanan
Donald Blaine
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Dies
Meir
Kelgiam
Germany
Brussels
Spa
Baldwin
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